bbking67 #1 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I am kind of drooling over the Mist project available at Lotharek... very interesting stuff. http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=96 If the Mist can recreate the ST/Amiga, could it be used to create an "uber-XL" machine? Does anyone know if this is feasible? Is anyone working on it? I would buy one in a heartbeat if it had decent compatibility. /bbking67 Edited October 18, 2013 by bbking67 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #2 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I'll be releasing source from my FPGA impl in the next month, so you are free to port to Mist. See the 'Potential New Hardware' thread. Boards: DE1 - available Sockit - I'll port to this - my board is being shipped Replay - I'll port to this. MikeJ said he'd send me one 'next week' a while back, though gather he got caught up with a trip to China... Mist - Wasn't planning on it - but if someone wants to donate me a board... Edited October 18, 2013 by foft 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesD #3 Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I'll be releasing source from my FPGA impl in the next month, so you are free to port to Mist. See the 'Potential New Hardware' thread. Boards: DE1 - available Sockit - I'll port to this - my board is being shipped Replay - I'll port to this. MikeJ said he'd send me one 'next week' a while back, though gather he got caught up with a trip to China... Mist - Wasn't planning on it - but if someone wants to donate me a board... That is very generous of you! I'm sure the Atari community will benefit from this for some time. Edited October 18, 2013 by JamesD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #4 Posted February 15, 2014 Till's great MIST board is now sitting on my desk... Not running the core yet, but next week:-) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhusak #5 Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Wow. I wanted to talk to lotharek about support you on SillyVenture 2013, but I didn't (shame)... I really keep thumbs up all the time to (u)se(e) Atari 8-bit platform running on mist. I have noticed that mist board firmware prepares to this... maybe too wide meaning ("8-bit mode"), but it's almost there... There is a ttl-serial header inside, maybe SIO could be put out of the case to connect REAL floppy drive ... Edited February 18, 2014 by jhusak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #6 Posted March 1, 2014 Seems to be working quite well now:-) Release soon... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snicklin #8 Posted March 1, 2014 Wooooooow! Now if only I had the money for such a board! Excellent work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
candle #9 Posted March 2, 2014 is this mist? doesn't look like one i have Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #10 Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) is this mist? doesn't look like one i have Yep. V1.1 dev board. BTW if you want to try it then the sof is on my site... Edited March 2, 2014 by foft Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+remowilliams #11 Posted March 4, 2014 Till's great MIST board is now sitting on my desk... Not running the core yet, but next week:-) Just trying the 800 core out on MiST now - woohooooooo! \o/ 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lotharek #12 Posted March 4, 2014 ilusia test :-) 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan #13 Posted March 4, 2014 Man, that's incredible. I expected someone to get some games up and running, but not a demo-compatible core. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #14 Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) ilusia test :-) ... waits for Lotharek to call the MIST 'Atari XL clone' on his website Edited March 5, 2014 by foft 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lotharek #15 Posted March 5, 2014 hahhahaha... i was thinking about XL/XE clone my ideas to make a perfect solution: - 1088 ram is a must - covox - dual pokey - switchable OS rom 16kb - cart rom emulation - vbxe.... my dream came true ! i`m so happy 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #16 Posted March 5, 2014 1088 ram - trivial covox - trivial dual pokey - already present switchable os rom - already present (but should be able to have a folder with n roms...) cart rom emulation - planned vbxe - fine by me, but ask VBXE devs - it's already hdl I think, so doesn't make sense to reimplement... 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greblus #17 Posted March 5, 2014 I'm... speechless and eagerly waiting for... my next payday Thank you Foft! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lotharek #18 Posted March 5, 2014 vbxe - fine by me, but ask VBXE devs - it's already hdl I think, so doesn't make sense to reimplement... Plese, explain ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan #19 Posted March 5, 2014 Plese, explain ?What I think he means is that VBXE is already an HDL design, so it should be easy to add without re-writing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #20 Posted March 5, 2014 What I think he means is that VBXE is already an HDL design, so it should be easy to add without re-writing it. Exactly. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lotharek #21 Posted March 5, 2014 and is there anything i can help / advice / supply ? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foft #22 Posted March 5, 2014 If you know Tomasz Piórek, you can ask him very very very nicely to share the code:-) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lotharek #23 Posted March 5, 2014 of course I know electron. i hope it will not problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenjennings #24 Posted March 6, 2014 So, if I buy one, is it committed to be an Atari 8-bit once the chip is programmed? Or can it be switched back and forth with the Amiga "image"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fedepede04 #25 Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) you can switch between them, as you please the chip is only programmed as long as it have power, so it have to load which system you want to play with. every time it start up. Edited March 6, 2014 by fedepede04 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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